He’s been carving out a decent career in film for some time now – but now he’s been cast in Star Wars Episode 7 Oscar Isaac looks set to catapult to stardom.

The 35-year-old actor has joined a line-up which includes the likes of Andy Serkis, Max Von Sydow and Domnhall Gleeson, as well as newcomers John Boyega and Daisy Ridley.

But just in case you’ve been left wondering where it is you’ve seen him before – and who he is exactly – this should answer all your questions

1 His name is actually Oscar Hernandez, with Isaac in fact being his middle name. And he actually hails from Guatemala, where he was born to a Guatemalan mother and Cuban father.

2 You may well have seen Oscar in one of his earlier movie appearances,having made his debut in 2002’s All About The Benjamins as well as turning up in the likes of The Nativity Story (alongside Whale Rider Oscar nominee Keisha Castle-Hughes) and the Steven Soderbergh-directed Che: Part One.

3 He also appeared in Madonna’s directorial debut W.E and shared screen space with Ryan Gosling in Drive (we realise you may have been too busy gazing at Gosling to notice, however).

4 However his big break came last year when he snapped up the title role in the Coen Brothers’ 1960s-set folk allegory Inside Llewyn Davis. That role not only gave Oscar the chance to show off his singing talents but also saw him starring alongside a very talented cat. He went on to pick up a string of recognition, but was sadly overlooked at the Academy Awards, thus forever depriving us of the chance to write a headline about ‘Oscar’s Oscar’.

5 As well as being an actor he is also an accomplished musician who played in a band called Blinking Underdogs before his thespian career took off.

6 Since he doesn’t appear to be on Twitter we have no idea what his thoughts are on being cast in Star Wars Episode 7. Let’s just assume he’s quite pleased.